User guide

14 Managing Your Login Password
MANAGING YOUR LOGIN PASSWORD
For security reasons, you may want to change the Security Area login password
or hint. The login password and hint management screen is accessed from the
program’s main screen. To change the password or hint, the flash drive must be
have the Security Area partition enabled. However, it is not necessary to be log
into the Security Area to change these settings.
When choosing a password, keep the following in mind:
• The password is case sensitive.
• The password can contain any combination of up to eight alphabetic,
numeric or special characters, including spaces.
Changing Your Login Password or Hint
1 Start SimpleSafe (see “Starting the SimpleSafe Program” on page 3).
2 On the SimpleSafe main screen, click the Manage Password button.
3 On the password management screen,
enter the current login password in the
Old Password text box.
4 Enter the new login password in both
the New Password and the Confirm
New Password text boxes.
When choosing a password, keep the following in mind:
• The login password is case sensitive.
• The login password can contain any combination of up to eight alphabetic,
numeric or special characters, including spaces.